Christy Fire Protection District

09/30/2025

09/28/2025

🚨 First Responder Day at Red Hill Raceway! 🚨

Our fire family got the chance to step away from calls and sirens, spend time together, and enjoy some friendly competition.

The Raceway also took time to honor local first responders last night, and it meant a lot to see the community cheering from the stands. Moments like these strengthen the bond not only within our department but with the people we proudly serve.

Thank you to Red Hill Raceway for hosting and to everyone who came out to show support. Brotherhood, family, and community, couldn’t ask for more. ❤️🔥

09/26/2025

🚨 200 Runs and Counting 🚨
Christy Fire has officially hit 200 calls for service this year. From fires to medicals to everything in between, our volunteers continue to answer the call, day or night.

We’re proud to serve, but remember: behind every call is someone in need. Thank you for trusting us when it matters most.

09/26/2025

Our neighbors to the east (Lawrence Allison) have been pounding the pavement, raising funds to purchase a rehab unit, and we couldn’t be happier for them! 🎉🚒

We want to take a moment to celebrate the victories of our friends. From time to time, you might see this truck working in the Christy Fire Protection District. All we ask is that they keep the water cold and the coffee hot! ☕💧

“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” – Zig Ziglar

09/23/2025

Waterball practice

09/22/2025

For the last two weekends, several Christy Fire members took part in the Fire Apparatus Engineer course, presented by IFSI and hosted by Olney Fire. This 40-hour course, taught over six days, included both classroom instruction and hands-on practicals.

Whether it’s fire, rescue, or EMS, we strive to provide the best coverage possible. Being “volunteer” is never an excuse for not being competent and capable.

09/19/2025

Those green, yellow, and red patches you see on the radar? Yes, that’s rain, but not enough of it here. Lawrence County has received less than two-tenths of an inch of rainfall so far this September. That’s basically nothing when it comes to easing dry conditions.

Because of this, fire danger remains high, and the burn ban is still in effect. A quick shower here or there doesn’t count as “measurable rainfall” , we need a real soaking before restrictions can be lifted.

Thanks for your understanding and for helping us keep the community safe. 🔥

09/15/2025

🚨 A friendly reminder from Capt. Cody and Capt. Josh: Move Over. Slow Down.

It’s not just courtesy, it’s the law.

👉 Under Scott’s Law (the “Move Over Law”), when you see flashing lights on the side of the road, police, fire, EMS, tow trucks, IDOT, or even disabled vehicles, you are required to:
1. Slow down.
2. Move over to another lane if it’s safe.

Failure to do so can result in heavy fines, license suspension, and most importantly, you’re putting lives at risk.

We all want to make it home safe. Please give us room to work. 🚒

09/14/2025

🔥 Reminder from Christy Fire 🔥
We are still under a burn ban until we receive measurable rainfall.

There might be some rain in the forecast next Saturday, fingers crossed 🤞. Until then, no open or unattended burning. Campfires in fire rings are still permitted.

Stay safe, and thanks for doing your part!

09/11/2025

#343

09/11/2025

It’s September 10, 2001, the world felt different. Airports were a hassle, but they were casual. You could walk your family right to the gate. Security was a quick glance, not a full-body scan. Our news cycles weren’t glued to fear, and the word “homeland” wasn’t yet stamped into our daily vocabulary.

We argued politics, worried about gas prices, and debated who had the best flip phone. The biggest headlines were about reality TV, dot-com crashes, and celebrity drama.

But all of that was about to change. In less than a 12 hours, our country would be shaken in a way no one saw coming. Strangers would become heroes. Neighbors would become family. And a generation would forever mark time as before and after September 11th.

The day the world stopped turning.